1、A moment’s drilling by the
dentist may make us nervous and upset.Many of us cannot
stand pain.To avoid the pain of a drilling that may
last perhaps a minute or two,we demand the “needle” —— a shot of Novocain (一种麻醉药)
—— that deadens the nerves around the tooth.
Now it’s true that the human body has
developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside
and outside of it.This helps us adjust to the world.Without our nerves——and our brain.Which is a bundle of nerves —— we wouldn’t know what’s happening.But we pay for our sensitivity.We can feel
pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body.The history of torture(酷刑)is based on the
human body being open to pain.
But there
is a way to handle pain.Look
at the Indian fakir(苦行僧)who sits on a bed of ails.Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm,and feel no pain.This ability that some
humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind
can deal with pain.The big thing in withstanding(经得起)pain is our attitude toward it.If the
dentist says, “This will hurt a little,” it helps us to accept the pain.By staying
relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation, we can handle
the pain without falling apart.After all, although pain
is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the
stuff of life.
1.A system of nerves enables us to
A.suffer pain B.avoid pain C.feel
pain D.enjoy pain
2.The sentence “But we pay for
our sensitivity.” in the second paragraph implies that
.
A.we should pay a debt for our feeling
B.we have to be hurt when we feel
something
C.our pain is worth feeling
D.when we feel pain, we are suffering
it
3.The author uses the Indian faki as an example to show
that .
A.Indians are not at all afraid of
pain
B.people may be senseless of pain
C.some people are able to handle pain
D.fakirs have magic to put needles
right through their arms
4._______ helps us most to handle pain.
A.Attitude
B.Interest C.Nerves D.Life
5.The author's attitude towards pain is______.
A.pessimistic
B.optimistic C.critical D.practical